Oklahoma Center for the Book. 2001 Oklahoma Book Award Program.

Oklahoma
Book Awards
A Celebration of
Oklahoma Books and Authors
2001
March 10, 2001
Petroleum Club
Oklahoma City
Welcome
to the
12th Annual
Oklahoma Book Awards
Ceremony
Oklahoma Book Awards 2001
Welcome........................................................................................................................................... B.J. Williams
President, Oklahoma Center for the Book
Master of Ceremonies..................................................................................................................... Dan Blanchard
Past President, Oklahoma Center for the Book
Comments....................................................................................................................................... Susan McVey
Oklahoma Department of Libraries
Greetings from Washington..................................................................................................... Maurvene Williams
Center for the Book in the Library of Congress
Presidents Award Presentation.................................................................................................... Laurie Sundborg
Chair, Awards Committee
Oklahoma Center for the Book
Children/Young Adult Award Presentation � Lynn McIntosh
Vice President, Oklahoma Center for the Book
Poetry Award Presentation.................................................................................................................. Joe Holmes
MidSouth Independent Booksellers Association
Fiction Award Presentation............................................................................................................. Eve Sandstrom
Recipient of 1994 Oklahoma Book Award for Fiction
Design/Illustration Award Presentation � David Clark
World Literature Today
Non-Fiction Award Presentation......................................................................................................... Judy Randle
Tulsa World
2001 Lifetime Achievement Award............................................................................................. Maureen Sullivan
Presented to Joyce Carol Thomas Senior Editor, Hyperion Books for Children
Announcements.............................................................................................................................. Glenda Carlile
Executive Director, Oklahoma Center for the Book
After dinner and the ceremony, enjoy the coffee bar provided by Full Circle Book Store.
Presented to Liz Codding
Immediate Past President, Oklahoma Center for the Book
Distinguished Service Award Presentation
Presented to Julie Hovis and Kathy Kinasewitz
—owners of Best of Books, Edmond
Children/Young Adult
J.C. Watts—Norma Jean Lutz—Chelsea House, Broomall, Pennsylvania
Lutz, who lives in Tulsa and has been writing professionally since 1977, is the author
of more than 250 short stories and articles, as well as 28 books, both fiction and non-fiction.
This is the story of Congressman J. C. Watts who first rose to fame as quarterback
of the University of Oklahoma Sooners in the early 1980s.
When the Bough Breaks—Anna Myers—Walker and Company, New York
Myers has won the Oklahoma Book Award twice: in 1993 for Red Dirt Jessie and in 1996
for Graveyard Girl. Her life as a teacher in Chandler, Oklahoma, gives her a deep under-standing
of both small-town life and young people. In When the Bough Breaks, a foster
child takes a job reading to an elderly neighbor, and the two discover they have much
in common.
Jingle Dancer—Cynthia Leitich Smith—HarperCollins, New York
Smith has worked in law, public relations, and journalism. A mixed-blood member of
the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Smith lives in Austin, Texas, with her husband and a gray
tabby. In this book, Jenna lives in a contemporary intertribal community and family in
Oklahoma and dreams of becoming a jingle dancer.
Hush Songs—Joyce Carol Thomas—Hyperion Books for Children, New York
Thomas, originally from Ponca City, now lives in California. She is known for writing
books for the whole family: adults, children, and even toddlers. This is a collection of ten
African American lullabies. Thomas will receive the 2001 Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achieve-ment
Award this evening.
Coyote Autumn—Bill Wallace—Holiday House, New York
Wallace, who received the 2000 Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award, is the
author of many best-selling children’s books, including Beauty, Buffalo Gal, and Ferret
in the Bedroom. A former teacher and principal, he is now a full-time writer. In Coyote
Autumn, a young boy moves to rural Oklahoma after living in Chicago apartments, and
befriends an orphaned coyote pup.
2001 Oklahoma Book Award Finalists
Poetry
Legerdemain—Carol Hamilton—Mirage Group, Santa Clarita, California
Hamilton is a teacher, children’s writer, and poet. She was Poet Laureate of Oklahoma
from 1995 to 1997, and received the Oklahoma Book Award for poetry in 1992 for Once
the Dust. Legerdemain is a dreamscape that starts with marriage and drifts through a col-lage
of the everyday and history.
Camera Obscura—Carol Davis Koss—Beyond the Press of the Madding Crowd, Oklahoma City
Koss lives in Oklahoma City, teaches English and creative writing, and nurtures poetry
in Oklahoma. She is poetry chair for the Individual Artists of Oklahoma. This collection
attempts to capture those split seconds in time and place that make up poetry and
stretch them, reduce them, telescope them, take them on a trek—and dynamite them—
similar to the principle on which cameras work.
Still Lookin’—Joe Kreger—Doane Agricultural Services, St. Louis
An Oklahoma rancher and poet, Kreger was named Poet Laureate of Oklahoma in 1998
by Governor Frank Keating. This book of observations and reflections is a partner to his
first book, Lookin’ at Life.
Mythic Places—Judith Tate O’Brien—ByLine Press, Edmond
O’Brien grew up in Oklahoma oil towns and spent two decades as a Benedictine nun.
Now “cozily married” for more than twenty years, O’Brien reads or writes poetry every
day. Mythic Places was the 2000 ByLine Chapbook competition winner.
Interiors: A Meditation—Leah S. Taylor
Wood ‘N’ Barnes Pre-Production Press, Oklahoma City
Taylor grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Tulsa, and has been a family therapist and orga-nizational
consultant for 30 years, most of them in Oklahoma City. She has published
technical works in her profession and written poetry most of her life. This book of self-reflection
is also a journey to self-discovery.
Seasons of Mangoes and Brainfire—Carolyne Wright—Lynx House Press, Spokane
Wright has received awards for her writing from the Poetry Society of America and the
New York State Council on the Arts. Seasons of Mangoes and Brainfire was the winner
of the Blue Lynx Prize. Wright is a creative writing professor at the University of Central
Oklahoma, Edmond.
Fiction
The Search for Shannon—Vicki Allen—Magnolia Publishing, Oklahoma City
Set in southern Mississippi and southeast Georgia, this is the story of four women,
brought together by birth and the adoption of one child. Allen weaves the lives of four
contemporary women into an involving story. This is the second novel for Allen who
lives in Oklahoma City.
Silent Justice—William Bernhardt—Ballantine Books, New York
Bernhardt is known as “the master of the courtroom drama” and has won several
awards for his work. Bernhardt has also received awards for public service, and in 1993
was named one of the top 25 young lawyers in the nation. He received the Oklahoma
Book Award for fiction in 1995 for Perfect Justice and again in 2000 for Dark Justice. He
lives in Tulsa.
Cherokee Dragon—Robert Conley—St. Martin’s Press, New York
Conley is the author of more than 30 novels, including the 10 that comprise his
acclaimed Real People Saga. He is the winner of three Spur Awards for his work. He is
Cherokee and lives in Tahlequah. In Cherokee Dragon he explores the life of Dragging
Canoe, the last great war chief of the United Cherokee tribe.
Paper Trail—Barbara Snow Gilbert—Front Street Books, Asheville, North Carolina
Gilbert is an attorney, mediator, and writer. She is a member of the mediation panel for
the U.S. District Court, Western District of Oklahoma, and mediates litigation pending in
both federal and state courts. She lives in Oklahoma City with her family. This is her third
novel. Each of her first two novels, Stone Water and Broken Chords, won the Oklahoma
Book Award in the children/young adult category.
Easy Pickin’s—Fred Harris—HarperCollins, New York
Harris was twice elected U.S. Senator from Oklahoma and is the author of 10 non-fiction
books. Easy Pickin’s, a mystery set in Depression-era Oklahoma, is Harris’ second work of
fiction. He lives in Albuquerque.
Sugarplum Dead—Carolyn Hart—William Morrow, New York
An accomplished master of mystery, Hart is the author of twelve Death on Demand
novels, which have won multiple Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity awards. She is also the
creator of the highly praised Henri O series. One of the founders of Sisters in Crime, a
national mystery writers’ group, Hart lives in Oklahoma City.
Broken—Dar Tomlinson—Genesis Press, Columbus, Mississippi
With Broken, which won the prestigious Hemingway First Novel Award, Tomlinson gives
readers a disturbing look into the darker sides of love, and basic drives and motives that
affect us all. Tomlinson was born in Texas, grew up in Oklahoma, and now divides her
time between homes in Denver and Scottsdale, Arizona.
My Mother’s Daughter—Judith Henry Wall—Simon & Schuster, New York
A deeply involving novel of a Texas family and three generations of its women, this is
a story about mothers, daughters, sisters, and the bonds of trust that bind or destroy a
family. Wall lives in Norman.
Dark Within—John Wooley—Hawk Publishing, Tulsa
Wooley has written novels, non-fiction works, screenplays, documentaries, and hun-dreds
of news stories. Dark Within is the first fiction work in more than a decade from
this horror master, and is his most spine-tingling novel yet, a blend of horror and fantasy
with the intimacy of a homespun yarn. He lives in Foyil.
Design/Illustration
Family Correspondence
Illustration and design by Kim Doner and Carl Brune—Hawk Publishing, Tulsa
Brune is a native of Enid. He has worked at the Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa for
18 years where he is currently graphics and publication manager. The book design for
Family Correspondence was by Brune. The cover art and design is by Doner, an author
and illustrator. She received the Oklahoma Book Award for design/illustration in 1996
for Green Snake Ceremony. A native Oklahoman, Doner lives in Tulsa.
Still Lookin’—Illustration by Gene Dougherty—Doane Agricultural Services, St. Louis
Dougherty is accomplished in illustration, watercolor and oils, and he characterizes the
American West with an open, clear realism. He has a Master’s degree in art education
from Oklahoma State University, and has taught art for 24 years at Northern Oklahoma
College in Tonkawa.
The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip—Illustration by Lane Smith—Villard Books, New York
Lane Smith has illustrated several number one best-sellers including The True Story of
the 3 Little Pigs and James and the Giant Peach. Twice he won the New York Times’ Best
Illustrated Book of the Year award and in 1993 he received a Caldecott Honor. Smith was
born in Tulsa; and his parents live in Sapulpa.
Interiors: A Meditation
Photography by Robin Smith—Wood ‘N’ Barnes Pre-Production Press, Oklahoma City
Robin Smith was born in Alva, and grew up in Oklahoma City. She has been a teacher of
journalism and photography for more than 30 years. She began her career as an artistic
photographer 15 years ago, and currently has a studio in the Paseo Art District of Okla-homa
City.
Nonfiction
Noodling for Flatheads: Moonshine, Monster Catfish, and Other Southern Comforts
Burkhard Bilger—Scribner, New York
Bilger is a features editor at Discover, a contributing editor at Health, and an adjunct pro-fessor
of science writing at New York University. He was born in Oklahoma and received
a degree in English from Yale University. He has worked as a writer and editor for more
than 14 years. This book of essays on Southern sub-cultures describes many Oklahoma
pastimes.
Bryce Harlow: Mr. Integrity
Bob Burke and Ralph Thompson—Oklahoma Heritage Association, Oklahoma City
Bryce Harlow served as an advisor to four presidents, informing them about more public
issues than perhaps anyone in American history. Author Burke was born in Broken Bow
and now practices law and writes books in Oklahoma City. He has written 28 books
about Oklahoma, and received the 1999 Oklahoma Book Award for non-fiction for From
Oklahoma to Eternity: The Life of Wiley Post and the Winnie Mae. Thompson is a U.S. Dis-trict
Judge who teaches trial advocacy at Harvard Law School. An Oklahoma Hall of
Fame honoree, Thompson lives in Oklahoma City.
The Santa Fe Trail: Its History, Legends, and Lore—David Dary—Alfred A. Knopf, New York
Dary gives a vivid recreation of an important time in American history. Director of the
School of Journalism at the University of Oklahoma for many years, he is the author
of eight previous books about the West and is the recipient of a Cowboy Hall of Fame
Wrangler award, two Western Writers of America Spur awards, and the Westerners
International Best Non-Fiction Book Award.
The Knife-Thrower’s Assistant: Memoirs of a Human Target
Ronnie Claire Edwards—Hawk Publishing, Tulsa
Edwards grew up in Oklahoma and actually did once work as a human target for a
knife thrower in a circus. This and other memories of her life make this an entertaining
autobiography. Edwards is known for her role as Corabeth Walton Godsey on the televi-sion
series The Waltons. Edwards has appeared on television, in film and theater, and
has written musicals, a cookbook, and award-winning fiction. She recently toured the
United States in a one-woman show upon which this book is based.
American Legal Thought From Premodernism to Postmodernism:
An Intellectual Voyage—Stephen Feldman—Oxford University Press, New York
This tour through two centuries of American legal thought is a contribution to our
understanding of legal theory and how it relates to more general intellectual and cul-tural
trends. Feldman is a professor of law and political science at the University of
Tulsa.
Contrary Neighbors: Southern Plains and Removed Indians in Indian Territory
David LaVere—University of Oklahoma Press, Norman
This book examines the relations between Southeastern Indians who were removed
to Indian Territory in the early nineteenth century and Southern Plains Indians who
claimed this territory as their own. LaVere is associate professor of history at the Univer-sity
of North Carolina, Wilmington.
Angie Debo: Pioneering Historian
Shirley A. Leckie—University of Oklahoma Press, Norman
Leckie’s biography of Angie Debo assesses the significance of Oklahoma’s pioneering
historian. She explores Debo’s family background, her personality, and the impact of
gender discrimination on her career. Leckie is professor of history at the University of
Central Florida, Orlando.
Waltzing With the Ghost of Tom Joad:
Poverty, Myth, and Low-Wage Labor in Oklahoma
Robert Lee Maril—University of Oklahoma Press, Norman
In Oklahoma, eighth-poorest state in the nation, poverty is a pressing social problem.
Maril’s study examines the lives of poverty stricken Oklahomans, explores myths about
the poor, discusses the causes of poverty, and presents a public policy agenda designed
to benefit the poor. Maril is chair and professor of sociology at the University of Texas,
Pan American.
Indian Gaming: Tribal Sovereignty and American Politics
W. Dale Mason—University of Oklahoma Press, Norman
Mason examines the conflicts surrounding American tribal gambling operations, focus-ing
on tribes in New Mexico and Oklahoma. Although Indian gaming accounts for only
five percent of all gambling in the United States, it has become the issue for tribes in
the 1990s. Mason is an assistant professor of political science at the University of New
Mexico in Gallup.
Heartsblood: Hunting, Spirituality, and Wildness in America
David Laverne Petersen—Island Press, Washington D.C.
Writer and veteran outdoorsman, Petersen offers a thoroughly informed, unsettlingly
honest, intensely personal exploration of hunting. He draws clear distinctions between
true hunting and contemporary hunter behavior. Petersen is a former Marine Corps
helicopter pilot, magazine editor, and college professor who has invested 50 years
in learning about natural wildness, and the past 15 years writing about what he has
learned. He lives in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado.
The Dismissal of Miss Ruth Brown: Civil Rights, Censorship, and the American Library
Louise S. Robbins—University of Oklahoma Press, Norman
Ruth Brown, a librarian in Bartlesville, was fired in 1950 after 30 years of exemplary ser-vice
with the public library, ostensibly because she had circulated subversive materials.
In truth she was fired because she had become active in promoting racial equality. Rob-bins
is associate professor and director of the School of Library and Information Studies,
University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Take the Cannoli: Stories from the New World
Sarah Vowell—Simon & Schuster, New York
Vowell, a contributing editor for This American Life on Public Radio International and a
columnist of Salon, has put together a collection of personal stories stretching across
the immense landscape of the American scene. While tackling subjects such as identity,
politics, religion, art, and history, these tales are written with a biting humor in the tradi-tion
of Mark Twain and Dorothy Parker. Vowell was born in Braggs, Oklahoma, and lived
there until she was 11.
Joyce Carol Thomas
Recipient of the
2001 Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award
Joyce Carol Thomas was born in Ponca City, Oklahoma, on May 25, 1938. At ten years
of age, the family moved to California, but Thomas never forgot her Oklahoma back-ground.
Known for her poetry, playwriting, and novels—especially for children and young
adults—her books resonate with the language, and rhythms of Oklahoma. Her work
evokes a childhood when she made up songs, stories, and poems and shared them with
her family and playmates.
Presently living in California, Thomas has returned to her birthplace through much of her
writing. Oklahoma is the setting for her novels Marked By Fire, Bright Shadow, and The Golden
Pasture. Her poetry books, I Have Heard Of A Land, Brown Honey In Broomwheat Tea, and
Gingerbread Days, are infused with prairie sensibility.
Thomas received the National Book Award for her first novel Marked by Fire. Her first illustrated
book, Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea, won a Coretta Scott King Award.
The Arrell Gibson Lifetime
Achievement Award
The Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award is presented each year to a person
recognized for a body of work. This award was named for the Norman historian who
served as the first president of the Oklahoma Center for the Book.
Officers and Board of Directors
President­—
B.J. Williams—Oklahoma City
Vice-President—Lynn McIntosh—Ardmore
Secretary—Glenda Madden—Norman
Treasurer—Bettie Estes-Rickner—Mustang
The Oklahoma Center for the Book is a state affiliate of the Center for the Book in the Library of
Congress, and is organized to focus attention on the vital role of books and reading in our lives.
The Center promotes the past, current, and future works of Oklahoma authors; promotes the
literary heritage of the state; and encourages reading for pleasure by Oklahomans of all ages.
When the Library of Congress announced the granting of permission to States to become part
of their program, the Oklahoma Department of Libraries assembled an advisory group and
wrote a proposal. The Oklahoma Center for the Book became the fourth state center on Febru-ary
28, 1986.
The Center is governed by a volunteer board of directors from across the state.
Diane Canavan—Shawnee
David Clark—Norman
Susan McVey—Oklahoma City
Liz Codding—Edmond
Kim Doner—Tulsa
Julia Fresonke—Oklahoma City
Ann Hamilton—Edmond
Carol Hamilton—Midwest City
Mort Hamilton—Ardmore
Joe Holmes—Oklahoma City
Julie Hovis—Edmond
Angie Jackson—Tulsa
Jim Keith—Oologah
Teresa Miller—Tulsa
Anna Myers—Chandler
Joyce Pipps—Shawnee
Marcia Preston—Edmond
Diane Seabass—Tulsa
Dean Sims—Tulsa
Sue Stees—Tulsa
Laurie Sundborg—Tulsa
M.J. Van Deventer—Oklahoma City
John Wooley—Tulsa
Gerry Willingham—Oklahoma City
William R. Young—Oklahoma City
OKLAHOMA
CENTER FOR THE BOOK
Oklahoma Center for the Book
Project Highlights
The Oklahoma Center for the Book in the Oklahoma Department of Libraries has participated in
several events in the past twelve months, and has made commitments for events later this year.
Kids Caught Reading is an annual activity of the Center, and is part of Oklahoma’s Celebration of
Reading. The Center will once again give $25 prizes to ten students from across the state who are
caught reading in their spare time. The prizes will be presented at the Celebration of Reading on
April 10, 2001 at the Lazy-E Arena.
The center is cosponsoring, for the seventh year, the Letters about Literature competition. Nationally
promoted by Weekly Reader and the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, students in grades
6 through 12 are asked to write letters to the author of a book that affected them in some way. The
Center awards a total of $250 to writers of the top six letters.
The Oklahoma Center for the Book is also providing funds to the Oklahoma Library Association to
sponsor author and humorist Jim Boren as banquet speaker during their annual conference, April
18–20, 2001.
The Center was a sponsor for the Center for Poets and Writers’ annual Celebration of Books in Sep-tember
2000.
The Center for the Book and the Oklahoma Literacy Coalition co-hosted the Viburnum Literacy Con-ference
in Oklahoma City, September 2000.
The Center continues to provide authors to libraries and schools, and plans to initiate an Oklahoma
Authors database on the organization’s website.
The Center's website address is www.odl.state.ok.us/ocb
Julie Hovis & Kathy Kinasewitz
Recipients of the 2001 Distinguished Service Award
The Distinguished Service Award is presented to Julie Hovis and Kathy Kinasewitz owners of Best of Books
in Edmond in recognition of their service to the Oklahoma Center for the Book.
Hovis and Kinasewitz have been true supporters of the Oklahoma Center for the Book, serving as board
members and helping with numerous projects. Best of Books has been the bookseller for the annual
Oklahoma Book Award ceremony for several years. Not only do they spend many hours arranging with
the authors and publishers to have each finalist’s book available on the night of the awards ceremony,
they also manage the sale and the return of the books. In addition, they give all the profits of the book
sale each year to the Oklahoma Center for the Book.
Previous Oklahoma
Fiction
1990, Robert Love Taylor, The Lost Sister
1991, Linda Hogan, Mean Spirit
1992, Robert L. Duncan, The Serpent's Mark
1993, Rilla Askew, Strange Business
1994, Eve Sandstrom, Down Home Heifer Heist
1995, William Bernhardt, Perfect Justice
1996, Billie Letts, Where the Heart Is
1997, Stewart O’Nan, The Names of the Dead
1998, Rilla Askew, The Mercy Seat
1999, Billie Letts, The Honk and Holler Opening Soon
2000, William Bernhardt, Dark Justice
Non-Fiction
1990, Leonard Leff, Hitchcock & Selznick
1991, Carl Albert and Danney Goble, Little Giant
1992, David Morgan, Robert England, and George Humphreys,
Oklahoma Politics & Policies: Governing the Sooner State
1993, Henry Bellmon and Pat Bellmon, The Life and Times of Henry Bellmon;
and Daniel Boorstin, The Creators
1994, J. Brent Clark, 3rd Down and Forever
1995, Dennis McAuliffe Jr., The Deaths of Sybil Bolton
1996, William Paul Winchester, A Very Small Farm
1997, Annick Smith, Big Bluestem: A Journey into the Tall Grass
1998, John Hope Franklin and John Whittington Franklin,
Editors, My Life and an Era: The Autobiography of Buck Colbert Franklin
1999, Bob Burke, From Oklahoma to Eternity: The Life of Wiley Post and the Winnie Mae
2000, Michael Wallis, The Real Wild West: The 101 Ranch and the Creation of the American West
Children/ Young Adult
1990, Helen Roney Sattler, Tyrannosaurus Rex and His Kin
1991, Stan Hoig, A Capitol for the Nation
1992, Jess and Bonnie Speer, Hillback to Boggy
1993, Anna Myers, Red Dirt Jessie
1994, Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith, Cherokee Summer
1995, Russell G. Davis and Brent Ashabranner, The Choctaw Code
1996, Anna Myers, Graveyard Girl
1997, Barbara Snow Gilbert, Stone Water
1998, S. L. Rottman, Hero
1999, Barbara Snow Gilbert, Broken Chords
2000, Harold Keith, Brief Garland: Ponytails, Basketball, and Nothing But Net
Poetry
1990, William Kistler, The Elizabeth Sequence
1992, Carol Hamilton, Once the Dust
1993, Jim Barnes, The Sawdust War
1994, Carter Revard, An Eagle Nation
1995, Joy Harjo, The Woman Who Fell from the Sky
1996, Francine Leffler Ringold-Johnson, The Trouble with Voices
1997, Renata Treitel, translation of Rosita Copioli’s The Blazing Lights of the Sun
1998, Betty Shipley, Somebody Say Amen
1999, Mark Cox, Thirty-Seven Years from the Stone
2000, N. Scott Momaday, In the Bear’s House
Design/ Illustration
1990, David E. Hunt, The Lithographs of Charles Banks Wilson
1991, Carol Haralson, Cleora's Kitchens
1992, Joe Williams, Woolaroc
1993, Carol Haralson, Will Rogers: Courtship and Correspondence;
and Kandy Radzinski, The Twelve Cats of Christmas
1994, Deloss McGraw, Fish Story
1995, Mike Wimmer, All the Places to Love
1996, Kim Doner, Green Snake Ceremony
1997, Carol Haralson and Harvey Payne, Big Bluestem: A Journey into the Tall Grass
1998, Carol Haralson, Visions and Voices:
Native American Painting from the Philbrook Museum of Art
1999, David Fitzgerald, Bison: Monarch of the Plains
2000, Carol Haralson, Glory Days of Summer: The History of Baseball in Oklahoma
Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award
1990, Daniel Boorstin, Librarian of Congress Emeritus, native of Tulsa
1991, Tony Hillerman, mystery writer, native of Sacred Heart
1992, Savoie Lottinville, Director of the University of Oklahoma Press for 30 years
1993, Harold Keith, Newbery Award winning children's author, Norman
1994, N. Scott Momaday, Pulitzer Prize winning Kiowa author, native of Lawton
1995, R.A. Lafferty, Hugo Award winning author, Tulsa
1996, John Hope Franklin, historian, native of Rentiesville
1997, S.E. Hinton, award winning author of young adult novels, Tulsa
1998, Jack Bickham, novelist, teacher and journalist, Norman
1999, Michael Wallis, award-winning historian and biographer, Tulsa
2000, Bill Wallace, prolific and popular writer of novels for young people, Chickasha
Ralph Ellison Award
1995, Ralph Ellison, National Book Award winner, Oklahoma City
1997, Angie Debo, “First Lady of Oklahoma History,” Marshall
1999, Melvin Tolson, poet, journalist, and dramatist, Langston
2000, Jim Thompson, novelist and screenwriter, Anadarko
Book Award Winners
The Oklahoma Center for the Book
wishes to thank the judges
for the 2001 competition:
Dan Blanchard
Mary Ann Blochowiak
David Clark
Denyvetta Davis
Evelyn Davis
Bettie Estes-Rickner
Kathryn Fanning
Ann Hamilton
Mort Hamilton
Joe Holmes
Gayle Jones
Kathy Latrobe
Louisa McCune
Donna Norvell
Dee Pierce
Kitty Pittman
Byron Price
Diane Seebass
Carl Sennhenn
Dewayne Smoot
Howard Stein
William R. Struby
James R. Tolbert III
Mary Waidner
Mary Woodman
The Center acknowledges the generous
contributions
of the following organizations
and individuals:
With the assistance of the
Best of Books, Edmond
Center for the Book in the Library of Congress
Dunlap, Codding and Rogers Patent Law Firm
Friends of the Metropolitan Library System
Full Circle Books, Oklahoma City
Harper Collins /JoAnna Catler Books
Rodger Harris, Archives Division
of the Oklahoma Historical Society
Jump At The Sun
An Imprint of Hyperion Books
Fred Marvel, Photographer
Metropolitan Library System
Oklahoma Department of Libraries
Oklahoma Independent Booksellers Association
Steve’s Books, Tulsa
The Westin, Oklahoma City
Special thanks to...
M.J. Van Deventer, Ceremony Chair, and
committee members Liz Codding, Julia Fresonke, and
B.J. Williams
Ann Hamilton, Program Chair and Audio-visual Producer
Public Information Office—Oklahoma Department of Libraries:
Melanie Price, Bill Petrie, Bill Struby,
and Bill Young
200 Northeast 18 Street
Oklahoma City
OK 73105-3298
www.odl.state.ok.us/ocb • 1-800-522-8116

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Oklahoma
Book Awards
A Celebration of
Oklahoma Books and Authors
2001
March 10, 2001
Petroleum Club
Oklahoma City
Welcome
to the
12th Annual
Oklahoma Book Awards
Ceremony
Oklahoma Book Awards 2001
Welcome........................................................................................................................................... B.J. Williams
President, Oklahoma Center for the Book
Master of Ceremonies..................................................................................................................... Dan Blanchard
Past President, Oklahoma Center for the Book
Comments....................................................................................................................................... Susan McVey
Oklahoma Department of Libraries
Greetings from Washington..................................................................................................... Maurvene Williams
Center for the Book in the Library of Congress
Presidents Award Presentation.................................................................................................... Laurie Sundborg
Chair, Awards Committee
Oklahoma Center for the Book
Children/Young Adult Award Presentation � Lynn McIntosh
Vice President, Oklahoma Center for the Book
Poetry Award Presentation.................................................................................................................. Joe Holmes
MidSouth Independent Booksellers Association
Fiction Award Presentation............................................................................................................. Eve Sandstrom
Recipient of 1994 Oklahoma Book Award for Fiction
Design/Illustration Award Presentation � David Clark
World Literature Today
Non-Fiction Award Presentation......................................................................................................... Judy Randle
Tulsa World
2001 Lifetime Achievement Award............................................................................................. Maureen Sullivan
Presented to Joyce Carol Thomas Senior Editor, Hyperion Books for Children
Announcements.............................................................................................................................. Glenda Carlile
Executive Director, Oklahoma Center for the Book
After dinner and the ceremony, enjoy the coffee bar provided by Full Circle Book Store.
Presented to Liz Codding
Immediate Past President, Oklahoma Center for the Book
Distinguished Service Award Presentation
Presented to Julie Hovis and Kathy Kinasewitz
—owners of Best of Books, Edmond
Children/Young Adult
J.C. Watts—Norma Jean Lutz—Chelsea House, Broomall, Pennsylvania
Lutz, who lives in Tulsa and has been writing professionally since 1977, is the author
of more than 250 short stories and articles, as well as 28 books, both fiction and non-fiction.
This is the story of Congressman J. C. Watts who first rose to fame as quarterback
of the University of Oklahoma Sooners in the early 1980s.
When the Bough Breaks—Anna Myers—Walker and Company, New York
Myers has won the Oklahoma Book Award twice: in 1993 for Red Dirt Jessie and in 1996
for Graveyard Girl. Her life as a teacher in Chandler, Oklahoma, gives her a deep under-standing
of both small-town life and young people. In When the Bough Breaks, a foster
child takes a job reading to an elderly neighbor, and the two discover they have much
in common.
Jingle Dancer—Cynthia Leitich Smith—HarperCollins, New York
Smith has worked in law, public relations, and journalism. A mixed-blood member of
the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Smith lives in Austin, Texas, with her husband and a gray
tabby. In this book, Jenna lives in a contemporary intertribal community and family in
Oklahoma and dreams of becoming a jingle dancer.
Hush Songs—Joyce Carol Thomas—Hyperion Books for Children, New York
Thomas, originally from Ponca City, now lives in California. She is known for writing
books for the whole family: adults, children, and even toddlers. This is a collection of ten
African American lullabies. Thomas will receive the 2001 Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achieve-ment
Award this evening.
Coyote Autumn—Bill Wallace—Holiday House, New York
Wallace, who received the 2000 Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award, is the
author of many best-selling children’s books, including Beauty, Buffalo Gal, and Ferret
in the Bedroom. A former teacher and principal, he is now a full-time writer. In Coyote
Autumn, a young boy moves to rural Oklahoma after living in Chicago apartments, and
befriends an orphaned coyote pup.
2001 Oklahoma Book Award Finalists
Poetry
Legerdemain—Carol Hamilton—Mirage Group, Santa Clarita, California
Hamilton is a teacher, children’s writer, and poet. She was Poet Laureate of Oklahoma
from 1995 to 1997, and received the Oklahoma Book Award for poetry in 1992 for Once
the Dust. Legerdemain is a dreamscape that starts with marriage and drifts through a col-lage
of the everyday and history.
Camera Obscura—Carol Davis Koss—Beyond the Press of the Madding Crowd, Oklahoma City
Koss lives in Oklahoma City, teaches English and creative writing, and nurtures poetry
in Oklahoma. She is poetry chair for the Individual Artists of Oklahoma. This collection
attempts to capture those split seconds in time and place that make up poetry and
stretch them, reduce them, telescope them, take them on a trek—and dynamite them—
similar to the principle on which cameras work.
Still Lookin’—Joe Kreger—Doane Agricultural Services, St. Louis
An Oklahoma rancher and poet, Kreger was named Poet Laureate of Oklahoma in 1998
by Governor Frank Keating. This book of observations and reflections is a partner to his
first book, Lookin’ at Life.
Mythic Places—Judith Tate O’Brien—ByLine Press, Edmond
O’Brien grew up in Oklahoma oil towns and spent two decades as a Benedictine nun.
Now “cozily married” for more than twenty years, O’Brien reads or writes poetry every
day. Mythic Places was the 2000 ByLine Chapbook competition winner.
Interiors: A Meditation—Leah S. Taylor
Wood ‘N’ Barnes Pre-Production Press, Oklahoma City
Taylor grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Tulsa, and has been a family therapist and orga-nizational
consultant for 30 years, most of them in Oklahoma City. She has published
technical works in her profession and written poetry most of her life. This book of self-reflection
is also a journey to self-discovery.
Seasons of Mangoes and Brainfire—Carolyne Wright—Lynx House Press, Spokane
Wright has received awards for her writing from the Poetry Society of America and the
New York State Council on the Arts. Seasons of Mangoes and Brainfire was the winner
of the Blue Lynx Prize. Wright is a creative writing professor at the University of Central
Oklahoma, Edmond.
Fiction
The Search for Shannon—Vicki Allen—Magnolia Publishing, Oklahoma City
Set in southern Mississippi and southeast Georgia, this is the story of four women,
brought together by birth and the adoption of one child. Allen weaves the lives of four
contemporary women into an involving story. This is the second novel for Allen who
lives in Oklahoma City.
Silent Justice—William Bernhardt—Ballantine Books, New York
Bernhardt is known as “the master of the courtroom drama” and has won several
awards for his work. Bernhardt has also received awards for public service, and in 1993
was named one of the top 25 young lawyers in the nation. He received the Oklahoma
Book Award for fiction in 1995 for Perfect Justice and again in 2000 for Dark Justice. He
lives in Tulsa.
Cherokee Dragon—Robert Conley—St. Martin’s Press, New York
Conley is the author of more than 30 novels, including the 10 that comprise his
acclaimed Real People Saga. He is the winner of three Spur Awards for his work. He is
Cherokee and lives in Tahlequah. In Cherokee Dragon he explores the life of Dragging
Canoe, the last great war chief of the United Cherokee tribe.
Paper Trail—Barbara Snow Gilbert—Front Street Books, Asheville, North Carolina
Gilbert is an attorney, mediator, and writer. She is a member of the mediation panel for
the U.S. District Court, Western District of Oklahoma, and mediates litigation pending in
both federal and state courts. She lives in Oklahoma City with her family. This is her third
novel. Each of her first two novels, Stone Water and Broken Chords, won the Oklahoma
Book Award in the children/young adult category.
Easy Pickin’s—Fred Harris—HarperCollins, New York
Harris was twice elected U.S. Senator from Oklahoma and is the author of 10 non-fiction
books. Easy Pickin’s, a mystery set in Depression-era Oklahoma, is Harris’ second work of
fiction. He lives in Albuquerque.
Sugarplum Dead—Carolyn Hart—William Morrow, New York
An accomplished master of mystery, Hart is the author of twelve Death on Demand
novels, which have won multiple Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity awards. She is also the
creator of the highly praised Henri O series. One of the founders of Sisters in Crime, a
national mystery writers’ group, Hart lives in Oklahoma City.
Broken—Dar Tomlinson—Genesis Press, Columbus, Mississippi
With Broken, which won the prestigious Hemingway First Novel Award, Tomlinson gives
readers a disturbing look into the darker sides of love, and basic drives and motives that
affect us all. Tomlinson was born in Texas, grew up in Oklahoma, and now divides her
time between homes in Denver and Scottsdale, Arizona.
My Mother’s Daughter—Judith Henry Wall—Simon & Schuster, New York
A deeply involving novel of a Texas family and three generations of its women, this is
a story about mothers, daughters, sisters, and the bonds of trust that bind or destroy a
family. Wall lives in Norman.
Dark Within—John Wooley—Hawk Publishing, Tulsa
Wooley has written novels, non-fiction works, screenplays, documentaries, and hun-dreds
of news stories. Dark Within is the first fiction work in more than a decade from
this horror master, and is his most spine-tingling novel yet, a blend of horror and fantasy
with the intimacy of a homespun yarn. He lives in Foyil.
Design/Illustration
Family Correspondence
Illustration and design by Kim Doner and Carl Brune—Hawk Publishing, Tulsa
Brune is a native of Enid. He has worked at the Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa for
18 years where he is currently graphics and publication manager. The book design for
Family Correspondence was by Brune. The cover art and design is by Doner, an author
and illustrator. She received the Oklahoma Book Award for design/illustration in 1996
for Green Snake Ceremony. A native Oklahoman, Doner lives in Tulsa.
Still Lookin’—Illustration by Gene Dougherty—Doane Agricultural Services, St. Louis
Dougherty is accomplished in illustration, watercolor and oils, and he characterizes the
American West with an open, clear realism. He has a Master’s degree in art education
from Oklahoma State University, and has taught art for 24 years at Northern Oklahoma
College in Tonkawa.
The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip—Illustration by Lane Smith—Villard Books, New York
Lane Smith has illustrated several number one best-sellers including The True Story of
the 3 Little Pigs and James and the Giant Peach. Twice he won the New York Times’ Best
Illustrated Book of the Year award and in 1993 he received a Caldecott Honor. Smith was
born in Tulsa; and his parents live in Sapulpa.
Interiors: A Meditation
Photography by Robin Smith—Wood ‘N’ Barnes Pre-Production Press, Oklahoma City
Robin Smith was born in Alva, and grew up in Oklahoma City. She has been a teacher of
journalism and photography for more than 30 years. She began her career as an artistic
photographer 15 years ago, and currently has a studio in the Paseo Art District of Okla-homa
City.
Nonfiction
Noodling for Flatheads: Moonshine, Monster Catfish, and Other Southern Comforts
Burkhard Bilger—Scribner, New York
Bilger is a features editor at Discover, a contributing editor at Health, and an adjunct pro-fessor
of science writing at New York University. He was born in Oklahoma and received
a degree in English from Yale University. He has worked as a writer and editor for more
than 14 years. This book of essays on Southern sub-cultures describes many Oklahoma
pastimes.
Bryce Harlow: Mr. Integrity
Bob Burke and Ralph Thompson—Oklahoma Heritage Association, Oklahoma City
Bryce Harlow served as an advisor to four presidents, informing them about more public
issues than perhaps anyone in American history. Author Burke was born in Broken Bow
and now practices law and writes books in Oklahoma City. He has written 28 books
about Oklahoma, and received the 1999 Oklahoma Book Award for non-fiction for From
Oklahoma to Eternity: The Life of Wiley Post and the Winnie Mae. Thompson is a U.S. Dis-trict
Judge who teaches trial advocacy at Harvard Law School. An Oklahoma Hall of
Fame honoree, Thompson lives in Oklahoma City.
The Santa Fe Trail: Its History, Legends, and Lore—David Dary—Alfred A. Knopf, New York
Dary gives a vivid recreation of an important time in American history. Director of the
School of Journalism at the University of Oklahoma for many years, he is the author
of eight previous books about the West and is the recipient of a Cowboy Hall of Fame
Wrangler award, two Western Writers of America Spur awards, and the Westerners
International Best Non-Fiction Book Award.
The Knife-Thrower’s Assistant: Memoirs of a Human Target
Ronnie Claire Edwards—Hawk Publishing, Tulsa
Edwards grew up in Oklahoma and actually did once work as a human target for a
knife thrower in a circus. This and other memories of her life make this an entertaining
autobiography. Edwards is known for her role as Corabeth Walton Godsey on the televi-sion
series The Waltons. Edwards has appeared on television, in film and theater, and
has written musicals, a cookbook, and award-winning fiction. She recently toured the
United States in a one-woman show upon which this book is based.
American Legal Thought From Premodernism to Postmodernism:
An Intellectual Voyage—Stephen Feldman—Oxford University Press, New York
This tour through two centuries of American legal thought is a contribution to our
understanding of legal theory and how it relates to more general intellectual and cul-tural
trends. Feldman is a professor of law and political science at the University of
Tulsa.
Contrary Neighbors: Southern Plains and Removed Indians in Indian Territory
David LaVere—University of Oklahoma Press, Norman
This book examines the relations between Southeastern Indians who were removed
to Indian Territory in the early nineteenth century and Southern Plains Indians who
claimed this territory as their own. LaVere is associate professor of history at the Univer-sity
of North Carolina, Wilmington.
Angie Debo: Pioneering Historian
Shirley A. Leckie—University of Oklahoma Press, Norman
Leckie’s biography of Angie Debo assesses the significance of Oklahoma’s pioneering
historian. She explores Debo’s family background, her personality, and the impact of
gender discrimination on her career. Leckie is professor of history at the University of
Central Florida, Orlando.
Waltzing With the Ghost of Tom Joad:
Poverty, Myth, and Low-Wage Labor in Oklahoma
Robert Lee Maril—University of Oklahoma Press, Norman
In Oklahoma, eighth-poorest state in the nation, poverty is a pressing social problem.
Maril’s study examines the lives of poverty stricken Oklahomans, explores myths about
the poor, discusses the causes of poverty, and presents a public policy agenda designed
to benefit the poor. Maril is chair and professor of sociology at the University of Texas,
Pan American.
Indian Gaming: Tribal Sovereignty and American Politics
W. Dale Mason—University of Oklahoma Press, Norman
Mason examines the conflicts surrounding American tribal gambling operations, focus-ing
on tribes in New Mexico and Oklahoma. Although Indian gaming accounts for only
five percent of all gambling in the United States, it has become the issue for tribes in
the 1990s. Mason is an assistant professor of political science at the University of New
Mexico in Gallup.
Heartsblood: Hunting, Spirituality, and Wildness in America
David Laverne Petersen—Island Press, Washington D.C.
Writer and veteran outdoorsman, Petersen offers a thoroughly informed, unsettlingly
honest, intensely personal exploration of hunting. He draws clear distinctions between
true hunting and contemporary hunter behavior. Petersen is a former Marine Corps
helicopter pilot, magazine editor, and college professor who has invested 50 years
in learning about natural wildness, and the past 15 years writing about what he has
learned. He lives in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado.
The Dismissal of Miss Ruth Brown: Civil Rights, Censorship, and the American Library
Louise S. Robbins—University of Oklahoma Press, Norman
Ruth Brown, a librarian in Bartlesville, was fired in 1950 after 30 years of exemplary ser-vice
with the public library, ostensibly because she had circulated subversive materials.
In truth she was fired because she had become active in promoting racial equality. Rob-bins
is associate professor and director of the School of Library and Information Studies,
University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Take the Cannoli: Stories from the New World
Sarah Vowell—Simon & Schuster, New York
Vowell, a contributing editor for This American Life on Public Radio International and a
columnist of Salon, has put together a collection of personal stories stretching across
the immense landscape of the American scene. While tackling subjects such as identity,
politics, religion, art, and history, these tales are written with a biting humor in the tradi-tion
of Mark Twain and Dorothy Parker. Vowell was born in Braggs, Oklahoma, and lived
there until she was 11.
Joyce Carol Thomas
Recipient of the
2001 Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award
Joyce Carol Thomas was born in Ponca City, Oklahoma, on May 25, 1938. At ten years
of age, the family moved to California, but Thomas never forgot her Oklahoma back-ground.
Known for her poetry, playwriting, and novels—especially for children and young
adults—her books resonate with the language, and rhythms of Oklahoma. Her work
evokes a childhood when she made up songs, stories, and poems and shared them with
her family and playmates.
Presently living in California, Thomas has returned to her birthplace through much of her
writing. Oklahoma is the setting for her novels Marked By Fire, Bright Shadow, and The Golden
Pasture. Her poetry books, I Have Heard Of A Land, Brown Honey In Broomwheat Tea, and
Gingerbread Days, are infused with prairie sensibility.
Thomas received the National Book Award for her first novel Marked by Fire. Her first illustrated
book, Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea, won a Coretta Scott King Award.
The Arrell Gibson Lifetime
Achievement Award
The Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award is presented each year to a person
recognized for a body of work. This award was named for the Norman historian who
served as the first president of the Oklahoma Center for the Book.
Officers and Board of Directors
President­—
B.J. Williams—Oklahoma City
Vice-President—Lynn McIntosh—Ardmore
Secretary—Glenda Madden—Norman
Treasurer—Bettie Estes-Rickner—Mustang
The Oklahoma Center for the Book is a state affiliate of the Center for the Book in the Library of
Congress, and is organized to focus attention on the vital role of books and reading in our lives.
The Center promotes the past, current, and future works of Oklahoma authors; promotes the
literary heritage of the state; and encourages reading for pleasure by Oklahomans of all ages.
When the Library of Congress announced the granting of permission to States to become part
of their program, the Oklahoma Department of Libraries assembled an advisory group and
wrote a proposal. The Oklahoma Center for the Book became the fourth state center on Febru-ary
28, 1986.
The Center is governed by a volunteer board of directors from across the state.
Diane Canavan—Shawnee
David Clark—Norman
Susan McVey—Oklahoma City
Liz Codding—Edmond
Kim Doner—Tulsa
Julia Fresonke—Oklahoma City
Ann Hamilton—Edmond
Carol Hamilton—Midwest City
Mort Hamilton—Ardmore
Joe Holmes—Oklahoma City
Julie Hovis—Edmond
Angie Jackson—Tulsa
Jim Keith—Oologah
Teresa Miller—Tulsa
Anna Myers—Chandler
Joyce Pipps—Shawnee
Marcia Preston—Edmond
Diane Seabass—Tulsa
Dean Sims—Tulsa
Sue Stees—Tulsa
Laurie Sundborg—Tulsa
M.J. Van Deventer—Oklahoma City
John Wooley—Tulsa
Gerry Willingham—Oklahoma City
William R. Young—Oklahoma City
OKLAHOMA
CENTER FOR THE BOOK
Oklahoma Center for the Book
Project Highlights
The Oklahoma Center for the Book in the Oklahoma Department of Libraries has participated in
several events in the past twelve months, and has made commitments for events later this year.
Kids Caught Reading is an annual activity of the Center, and is part of Oklahoma’s Celebration of
Reading. The Center will once again give $25 prizes to ten students from across the state who are
caught reading in their spare time. The prizes will be presented at the Celebration of Reading on
April 10, 2001 at the Lazy-E Arena.
The center is cosponsoring, for the seventh year, the Letters about Literature competition. Nationally
promoted by Weekly Reader and the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, students in grades
6 through 12 are asked to write letters to the author of a book that affected them in some way. The
Center awards a total of $250 to writers of the top six letters.
The Oklahoma Center for the Book is also providing funds to the Oklahoma Library Association to
sponsor author and humorist Jim Boren as banquet speaker during their annual conference, April
18–20, 2001.
The Center was a sponsor for the Center for Poets and Writers’ annual Celebration of Books in Sep-tember
2000.
The Center for the Book and the Oklahoma Literacy Coalition co-hosted the Viburnum Literacy Con-ference
in Oklahoma City, September 2000.
The Center continues to provide authors to libraries and schools, and plans to initiate an Oklahoma
Authors database on the organization’s website.
The Center's website address is www.odl.state.ok.us/ocb
Julie Hovis & Kathy Kinasewitz
Recipients of the 2001 Distinguished Service Award
The Distinguished Service Award is presented to Julie Hovis and Kathy Kinasewitz owners of Best of Books
in Edmond in recognition of their service to the Oklahoma Center for the Book.
Hovis and Kinasewitz have been true supporters of the Oklahoma Center for the Book, serving as board
members and helping with numerous projects. Best of Books has been the bookseller for the annual
Oklahoma Book Award ceremony for several years. Not only do they spend many hours arranging with
the authors and publishers to have each finalist’s book available on the night of the awards ceremony,
they also manage the sale and the return of the books. In addition, they give all the profits of the book
sale each year to the Oklahoma Center for the Book.
Previous Oklahoma
Fiction
1990, Robert Love Taylor, The Lost Sister
1991, Linda Hogan, Mean Spirit
1992, Robert L. Duncan, The Serpent's Mark
1993, Rilla Askew, Strange Business
1994, Eve Sandstrom, Down Home Heifer Heist
1995, William Bernhardt, Perfect Justice
1996, Billie Letts, Where the Heart Is
1997, Stewart O’Nan, The Names of the Dead
1998, Rilla Askew, The Mercy Seat
1999, Billie Letts, The Honk and Holler Opening Soon
2000, William Bernhardt, Dark Justice
Non-Fiction
1990, Leonard Leff, Hitchcock & Selznick
1991, Carl Albert and Danney Goble, Little Giant
1992, David Morgan, Robert England, and George Humphreys,
Oklahoma Politics & Policies: Governing the Sooner State
1993, Henry Bellmon and Pat Bellmon, The Life and Times of Henry Bellmon;
and Daniel Boorstin, The Creators
1994, J. Brent Clark, 3rd Down and Forever
1995, Dennis McAuliffe Jr., The Deaths of Sybil Bolton
1996, William Paul Winchester, A Very Small Farm
1997, Annick Smith, Big Bluestem: A Journey into the Tall Grass
1998, John Hope Franklin and John Whittington Franklin,
Editors, My Life and an Era: The Autobiography of Buck Colbert Franklin
1999, Bob Burke, From Oklahoma to Eternity: The Life of Wiley Post and the Winnie Mae
2000, Michael Wallis, The Real Wild West: The 101 Ranch and the Creation of the American West
Children/ Young Adult
1990, Helen Roney Sattler, Tyrannosaurus Rex and His Kin
1991, Stan Hoig, A Capitol for the Nation
1992, Jess and Bonnie Speer, Hillback to Boggy
1993, Anna Myers, Red Dirt Jessie
1994, Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith, Cherokee Summer
1995, Russell G. Davis and Brent Ashabranner, The Choctaw Code
1996, Anna Myers, Graveyard Girl
1997, Barbara Snow Gilbert, Stone Water
1998, S. L. Rottman, Hero
1999, Barbara Snow Gilbert, Broken Chords
2000, Harold Keith, Brief Garland: Ponytails, Basketball, and Nothing But Net
Poetry
1990, William Kistler, The Elizabeth Sequence
1992, Carol Hamilton, Once the Dust
1993, Jim Barnes, The Sawdust War
1994, Carter Revard, An Eagle Nation
1995, Joy Harjo, The Woman Who Fell from the Sky
1996, Francine Leffler Ringold-Johnson, The Trouble with Voices
1997, Renata Treitel, translation of Rosita Copioli’s The Blazing Lights of the Sun
1998, Betty Shipley, Somebody Say Amen
1999, Mark Cox, Thirty-Seven Years from the Stone
2000, N. Scott Momaday, In the Bear’s House
Design/ Illustration
1990, David E. Hunt, The Lithographs of Charles Banks Wilson
1991, Carol Haralson, Cleora's Kitchens
1992, Joe Williams, Woolaroc
1993, Carol Haralson, Will Rogers: Courtship and Correspondence;
and Kandy Radzinski, The Twelve Cats of Christmas
1994, Deloss McGraw, Fish Story
1995, Mike Wimmer, All the Places to Love
1996, Kim Doner, Green Snake Ceremony
1997, Carol Haralson and Harvey Payne, Big Bluestem: A Journey into the Tall Grass
1998, Carol Haralson, Visions and Voices:
Native American Painting from the Philbrook Museum of Art
1999, David Fitzgerald, Bison: Monarch of the Plains
2000, Carol Haralson, Glory Days of Summer: The History of Baseball in Oklahoma
Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award
1990, Daniel Boorstin, Librarian of Congress Emeritus, native of Tulsa
1991, Tony Hillerman, mystery writer, native of Sacred Heart
1992, Savoie Lottinville, Director of the University of Oklahoma Press for 30 years
1993, Harold Keith, Newbery Award winning children's author, Norman
1994, N. Scott Momaday, Pulitzer Prize winning Kiowa author, native of Lawton
1995, R.A. Lafferty, Hugo Award winning author, Tulsa
1996, John Hope Franklin, historian, native of Rentiesville
1997, S.E. Hinton, award winning author of young adult novels, Tulsa
1998, Jack Bickham, novelist, teacher and journalist, Norman
1999, Michael Wallis, award-winning historian and biographer, Tulsa
2000, Bill Wallace, prolific and popular writer of novels for young people, Chickasha
Ralph Ellison Award
1995, Ralph Ellison, National Book Award winner, Oklahoma City
1997, Angie Debo, “First Lady of Oklahoma History,” Marshall
1999, Melvin Tolson, poet, journalist, and dramatist, Langston
2000, Jim Thompson, novelist and screenwriter, Anadarko
Book Award Winners
The Oklahoma Center for the Book
wishes to thank the judges
for the 2001 competition:
Dan Blanchard
Mary Ann Blochowiak
David Clark
Denyvetta Davis
Evelyn Davis
Bettie Estes-Rickner
Kathryn Fanning
Ann Hamilton
Mort Hamilton
Joe Holmes
Gayle Jones
Kathy Latrobe
Louisa McCune
Donna Norvell
Dee Pierce
Kitty Pittman
Byron Price
Diane Seebass
Carl Sennhenn
Dewayne Smoot
Howard Stein
William R. Struby
James R. Tolbert III
Mary Waidner
Mary Woodman
The Center acknowledges the generous
contributions
of the following organizations
and individuals:
With the assistance of the
Best of Books, Edmond
Center for the Book in the Library of Congress
Dunlap, Codding and Rogers Patent Law Firm
Friends of the Metropolitan Library System
Full Circle Books, Oklahoma City
Harper Collins /JoAnna Catler Books
Rodger Harris, Archives Division
of the Oklahoma Historical Society
Jump At The Sun
An Imprint of Hyperion Books
Fred Marvel, Photographer
Metropolitan Library System
Oklahoma Department of Libraries
Oklahoma Independent Booksellers Association
Steve’s Books, Tulsa
The Westin, Oklahoma City
Special thanks to...
M.J. Van Deventer, Ceremony Chair, and
committee members Liz Codding, Julia Fresonke, and
B.J. Williams
Ann Hamilton, Program Chair and Audio-visual Producer
Public Information Office—Oklahoma Department of Libraries:
Melanie Price, Bill Petrie, Bill Struby,
and Bill Young
200 Northeast 18 Street
Oklahoma City
OK 73105-3298
www.odl.state.ok.us/ocb • 1-800-522-8116

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